Paraguayan president installs new police chief

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:17 PM EDT
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Paraguay's new president is replacing the nation's police commander four days into the new administration.

Federico Acuna is taking the reins from Fidel Isasa in the nation's top police post.

President Fernando Lugo swore in Acuna and other high-ranking officers on Tuesday at a police academy in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion.

Lugo's inauguration on Friday ended more than six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay. The leftist president resigned as a Roman Catholic bishop to run for office.

National police spokesman Ruben Rosas says 52 senior officers also are retiring.

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